Tom Sawyer Abroad

Description

Samuel Langhorne Clemens or simply, Mark Twain is a nineteen century writer, famous for bringing to light characters like Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. Who does not remember the clever schoolboy who managed to trick a whole bunch of his friends into fence painting or shoved off some bitter medicine unto the throat of his poor cat? Who was not mesmerized by his thirst for common day adventure and his inspired interactions with his orphaned friend, Huckleberry Finn?

If you want to recall those happy times and have a good laugh, then reading Tom Sawyer Abroad is a must. A parody of Jule Verne’s adventure story, written in the same light and humorous style as Twain’s previous work, this book impresses through the ease with which it captures you into the story, which is told from Huckleberry Finn’s point of view, using first person narrative.

The reader will enjoy the adventures that Tom and his friends Huck and black Jim go through, thanks to a genius yet crazy professor, owner of a pretty sturdy and perhaps a little futuristic hot air balloon. As a result of being in the same air balloon as this professor, who disappears at one point from the story, the three characters will experience firsthand what the world looks like from far up in the sky, as they travel by balloon from Illinois, US, to Africa and Egypt.

While you will laugh at their bickering related to common day subjects or their take on life, at their first encounter with the lions or at their reaction to the Pyramids and the Sphinx, you will also be impressed by the subtle way in which the story introduces some sensitive matters like slavery and the discrimination against colored people as well as the political innuendos rising at one point or another in the character’s lines.


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